Photos from the job site

Taken on my own lot. Published copies are resized, and one has handwriting blurred for privacy. Nothing else is altered. Each caption says only what the picture shows.

Slab depth before the pour

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I paid for six inches under the building. This is what I measured when I was told the pad was ready for concrete.

Tape measure standing on the vapor barrier of a rebar-reinforced slab before the pour, with a yellow string line crossing the tape at about four and a half inches — P-01Before the pour. The tape stands on the vapor barrier, and the yellow string line crosses it at about 4½ inches. The white plumbing stub-ups in the background are standing straight. April 2026, before the pour.

Cracking in the slab

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Photographed about five months after the pour.

A long crack running across the concrete slab and through a saw-cut control joint, next to the steel base rail of the building — P-03A crack running from the front of the picture to the back, crossing a saw-cut control joint, beside the building’s base rail. Handwriting on the rail is blurred for privacy. Nothing else in the image is altered. Early September 2026.

The unfinished building

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How far the frame got before work stopped.

Partly erected steel frame of a 50 by 80 metal building on a concrete slab, with no roof or wall panels, loose steel parts on the slab and a crack in the foreground — P-04The building as it stood when work stopped: part of the frame up, no roof or wall panels, loose parts on the slab. A crack in the slab is visible at lower left. Early September 2026.

Corner of the steel frame seen from below, showing the column, header, a diagonal brace and two open tube ends — P-05A corner of the frame seen from below: column, header, diagonal brace and two open tube ends. Early September 2026.

Plumbing stub-ups

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These pipes were standing straight before the pour, as photo P-01 shows.

Large white PVC plumbing pipe coming up through the slab, leaning, with black scuff marks and gouges along its side — P-06A capped PVC pipe where it comes up through the slab. It is leaning, with black scuff marks and gouges up one side. September 2026, during frame installation.

Close view of a scuffed and gouged PVC pipe in the slab with equipment tire tread marks on the concrete around it — P-07The same kind of damage close up. Tire tread marks from equipment are visible on the slab around the pipe. September 2026, during frame installation.

A white PVC plumbing stub-up leaning sharply to one side in the slab, with tire tread marks on the concrete — P-08A plumbing stub-up leaning well off vertical, with tire tread marks across the slab beside it. Compare the upright stub-ups in photo P-01. September 2026, during frame installation.

Forms and footings

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The edge of the pad during preparation.

Wooden form boards at the edge of the slab before the pour, with rebar, vapor barrier and a footing trench visible — P-02Form boards at the edge of the pad before the pour, with rebar, vapor barrier and part of the footing trench visible. April 2026, before the pour.

What a photo can and cannot prove

The tape-measure photo shows about 4½ inches between the vapor barrier and the string line at one spot, on the day I was told the pad was ready to pour. I paid for 6. It is not a core sample, and it does not establish the thickness of the finished slab. Coring the slab would, and I intend to have that done.

A photo of a crack proves there is a crack. It does not prove why. L&G’s paperwork says all concrete cracks and that it offers no warranty. Control joints are cut so that a slab cracks along them. This crack runs across the panel and through the joint instead. My opinion is that it is more than I should have to accept on a $48,199 concrete job. An engineer’s report would be evidence. If I commission one it will be posted here in full, whatever it concludes.

The plumbing photos show pipes that are leaning, scuffed and gouged, with tire tread marks on the slab around them. The pre-pour photo shows the stub-ups standing straight. I contend the damage happened during L&G’s installation work. The photos cannot show who was at the controls.

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